Sophie, 37, from the RAF, says Christmas time here is simply different to being at home.
After the war, he helped set up the Doncaster branch of the RAF Association.
Gilliard had served in the RAF for 27 years and served during the conflict in Aden.
The service has been provided by the RAF and Royal Navy for 70 years.
He joined the RAF as a pilot and served in Canada, India and Sri Lanka.
The RAF still carries out communication work for aircraft on a small part of the site.
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All new pilots from the RAF, Royal Navy and British army are trained by CFS-accredited instructors.
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On land, there is local force protection provided by, what's called the RAF regiment.
The BPA Defiant has now been moved to its new home at the RAF Museum in Cosford.
Earlier this week, after 21 years of service as an aircraft engineer, Richard Ford left the RAF.
The RAF station will be celebrating its birthday with a series of public events later this year.
When the RAF finally collapsed it was because of the loss of their sanctuary in East Germany.
The RAF has already agreed to reduce its order of Eurofighter Typhoon jets from 232 to 160.
The RAF has said a full service inquiry into the details of the crash has been initiated.
The RAF officer also won the Olympic test event at the Park City track in February 2001.
Meanwhile the ongoing search involves the police helicopter, mountain rescue teams, search and rescue dogs, and the RAF.
After the RAF regiment moved out, followed by search and rescue training, the site was mothballed in 2009.
The elderly woman was airlifted to hospital by the RAF and a father and daughter were also rescued.
Flights later resumed in December 2011, with the RAF announcing that it had had "no remaining safety concerns".
The Moray Flying club and the RAF's 663 Volunteer Gliding Squadron still have permission to use the runway.
The RAF had been in the area since Friday night mounting its largest search-and-rescue operation for 40 years.
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Mr Robertson said the RAF servicemen and women deserved better treatment from the MoD, which he described as "scandalous".
Mr Allingham joined the Royal Navy Air Service in September 1915 before transferring to the RAF in April 1918.
This will remain, alongside the RAF Air Defence Museum, which was established on the air base 14 years ago.
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Two BAE 146 aircraft are already with the RAF, as part of the Royal Flight based out of Northolt.
They were manned by the RAF, although their warheads remained under US control.
The RAF has been accused of causing the deaths of large numbers of young seabirds off the Northumberland coast.
Lawrence's reputation and apparently irresistible newsworthiness were a constant embarrassment to the RAF.
By 1996, it had doctors and nurses from the RAF, army and navy.
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